Moumita Sen is an Associate Professor of Culture Studies and project lead for ‘Mythopolitics in South Asia´, RCN researcher project 2020-24 (https://mythopolitics.mf.no). Her forthcoming monograph The Mahishasur Movement in India: Caste, Religion, and Politics is based on her postdoctoral research which focuses on the intersection of aesthetic discourse, popular religiosity, and organized politics in caste activism India. Her larger research interest is in the field of Indian visual culture. Her doctoral dissertation (2016), received the Norwegian king’s gold medal for outstanding research in 2017. She is the co-editor of Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navaratri Festival in South Asia (SUNY, 2018). Sen is a founder member of the popular research platform and collective ‘Theory from the Margins’ (https://theoryfromthemargins.com).
Utvalgte publikasjoner
- Sen, M. (2021). Land-grabbing deities: the politics of public space in a multi-religious neighbourhood, Spaces of Religion in Urban South Asia , s. 144 - 159. Routledge. ISBN: 9780367561505
- Sen, M. (2021). Can Didi Truly Become Durgā? The Riddle of the Two Goddesses, Nine Nights of Power: Durgā, Dolls, and Darbārs, s. 67 - 92. SUNY Press. ISBN: 978-1-4384-8407-5
- Sen, M. (2022). Between religion and politics: the political deification of Mahishasur, Religion Religion. ISBN: 0048-721X
- Sen, M. & Nielsen, K. B. (2022). Gods in the public sphere: political deification in South Asia, Religion Religion. ISBN: 0048-721X
Nyeste vitenskapelige publikasjoner
- Sen, M. (2021). Land-grabbing deities: the politics of public space in a multi-religious neighbourhood, Spaces of Religion in Urban South Asia , s. 144 - 159. Routledge. ISBN: 9780367561505
- Sen, M. (2021). Can Didi Truly Become Durgā? The Riddle of the Two Goddesses, Nine Nights of Power: Durgā, Dolls, and Darbārs, s. 67 - 92. SUNY Press. ISBN: 978-1-4384-8407-5
- Sen, M. (2022). Between religion and politics: the political deification of Mahishasur, Religion Religion. ISBN: 0048-721X
- Sen, M. & Nielsen, K. B. (2022). Gods in the public sphere: political deification in South Asia, Religion Religion. ISBN: 0048-721X
Research project(s)
Utdanning og praksis
2016 - 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
2012 - 2016 Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
2009 - 2011 M Phil at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta
2007 - 2009 MA at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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